BASICS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA
Please Call SENIOR HOME CARE SERVICES FOR HELP WITH A LOVED ONE WHO MIGHT NEED HELP AT HOME. 571-259-9384 Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with the disease — those with the late-onset type symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Early-onset Alzheimer’s occurs between a person’s 30s and mid-60s and is very rare. Alzheimer’s disease is the...
Newest drug for Alzheimer’s
Senior Homecare Services can provide care for patients with Alzheimer's Just call 571-259-9384 By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an Alzheimer’s drug shown in clinical trials to slow cognitive decline in patients in the early stages of the illness. The approval offers patients renewed hope after repeated failures to find effective treatments, even though there have been reports of side effects with the new drug, experts say. The drug, lecanemab, which...
Recognizing Caregiver Burnout
If you are feeling caregiver Burnout Please call Senior Homecare Services we can help 571-259-9384. Caregiver burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion. It may go along with a change in attitude -- from positive and caring to negative and unconcerned. Burnout can happen when you don’t get the help you need, or if you try to do more than you’re able -- either physically or financially. Caregivers who...
Alzheimer’s treatments: What’s on the horizon?
Senior Homecare Services can help with Alzheimer's care just call 571-259-9384. Despite many promising leads, new treatments for Alzheimer's are slow to emerge.By Mayo Clinic Staff Current Alzheimer's treatments temporarily improve symptoms of memory loss and problems with thinking and reasoning. These Alzheimer's treatments boost performance of chemicals in the brain that carry information from one brain cell to another. However, these treatments don't stop the underlying decline and death of brain cells....
Alzheimer’s drug slows mental decline in trial — but is it a breakthrough?
Researchers are cautiously optimistic following companies’ announcement of positive results for lecanemab. (Senior Home Care Services) McKenzie Prillaman Twitter Facebook Email People with Alzheimer’s disease usually develop protein plaques (circular splotch on left) in their brains.Credit: Science Photo Library Some researchers are celebrating this week’s announcement that a drug candidate for Alzheimer’s disease slowed the rate of cognitive decline for people in a clinical trial by 27%. Others, however, remain hesitant, wanting to see data beyond...
Can’t afford care for your loved one?
Nowadays as our Loved ones get weaker, or Ailing, and they need that extra helping hand, but the funds are not there to help them have a caregiver. Senior Homecare services which is a Medicaid Certified Agency can Help, just give us a call and we can guide you on how to get services for FREE or at a small cost. We also have affordable options to help whether you...